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MAILS. AP. 1V D Jamaica, I Waterford. DUE-2 GOttenbUrgh, : Alalta, i Waterford. PRICE OF sTOCKs Ttil-S DAY AT TWELVE O'CLOCK. Consols - 68 ged. Ann. 68 i Ornniurn pr. THE SUN. SOLI/4 QUIZ DlCtiti VaLSVNI •SIDICAT? L 0 ND 0 N, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 16, 180 g. Captain DOM, of the Pallas, arrived last night at the Admiralty with dispatches from Sir R. STR AcH AN. When Captain DOBIE came away on Sunday last, a tremendous bombardment was kept up on Flushing, and on the same evening, when at sea, the whole horizon in that quarter was in a blaze• Lord WILLIAM STUART, in the Lavinia, led in a squadron of 10 frigates in grand style, between the batteries of Flashing and Cadsand, with the loss only of two or three inen. The line-of-battle ships were to follow. Six French gun-boats, which ventured down as far as Batz' grounded, and were destroyed ; 20,000 of cur troops bad proceed ed as far ac Batz. Th.: net objets will be the strong fort of Lillo, between which and Antwerp vile are not aware they w ill meet with any obstruc tion from forts on the right basik of the Scheldt. nel.t accounts must be highly interesting. The following Letter viiis this morning received from Margate. We shz,ll bti most happy it the state ment contained in the latter part of it should prove tru2, hut we fear it is uafounded " MARGATE, AUG.I iyed the Deft:tier gun brig from Walcheren ; she left Campier yesterday tra,-rning about seven o'clock; our forces had begun to bombard Flushing about three o'clock the same morning, in so furious a manner that the town seemed to be in a blaze. About the time of the ship eettiog under weigh, some Flags, of Truce wece pere.-ived. .A %fry heavy canuohade began again aklol 2 t nine o'clock in the. evening. Admiral KTATS was . proceedng up the West Scheldt. The pea aantry about Rotterdam had risen to support Ll 5, and it wo hepc;d that Rotterdam, with three French sail of the line at that place, would soon be M our pos scssioil. We lime this tiny made some Extraas from the liamburgli and other Foreign Papers, the arrival of which we noticed yesterday. Our Expedition ap pears to have excited considerable alarm, in Holland. The Dutch Papers gi\ - o the British Government great ,for the secrecy with which it was planned, for its destination was not known till it arrived off t,he mouth of thc-, Scheldt. WHever success play attend any of our national operations, the zealots of party will be sure to. say sOinething against Ministers ; and, if possible, to fcy.-.(lth , ir cilirges on those very points upon which Ministers are entitled to the approbation of their Countky. That policy rendered it proper for us to assist the cause of Spin, independently of all feel ings of generosity towards a Natiou threatened with slavery by the common Tyrant of Europe and dis turber of mankind, olne will doubt ; and, that we :Jaye done. every thing which both policy and gene rosity cl44pan4ed, in order to enablg a gallant people to preserve their freedom, and secure their legi titnate qoverillorot, every brdy will pdmit, who is not blinded by party feelings'; yet the Op position Writer at one time contend, that we emelt to have left Spain to herself, and at another, witi equal warmth, declare, that we have not done encwgh to resist her. Yet the Spaniards themselves Lave no disposition to complain, as we have most zen: s ously endeavoured to supply all their v.ants,:and have seat powerful armies to assist them, under our post bJe Commanders. The Spaniards, and, deed, all Europe must flow, that. if Great Brita;n had not come forward as- slie has done, Spain would long sine, have been reduced to a quiet subjugation under the French Tyrant, and would, perhaps, be without hope of regaining her independence, even if Providence were to deliver the world from that odious Tyrant. We, however, have 'compelled him to acknowledge the superiority of British valour, and we may fairly say, of British military -skill,—a faet, indeed, that was manifested in Egypt and at Maida, but which has been so fully demon strated in the Battle of Talavera, that, with.all his audacity, he will hardly presume to reproach us again as being'a nation of Shop-keepers. We have done so twach for Spain, and set her such a glorious Example of Military Prowess and Skill, that if she exerts herself properly, her Deliverance must be certain. After such a glorious triumph as our gal lant Commander, Sir ARTHUR WELLESLEY, and his Army of Heroes have achieved, it is hardly possible to suppuse r hat the Spaniards will not catch fire from British V;lour, and in conjumaion with that Valour, etie6tually secure their independence. But she must, indeed, bring forth all her energies, or she is gone ; for the Tyrant will be enabled, by the unfortunate termination of his. contest with Austria, to pour new hordes into Spain, and it will be impossible for Great Britain to save her, unless she is resolved to hazard every thing °in the effort to save herself. Yesterday morning his MAsciiTY, Princesses GUSTA rnd SOPHIA, accompanied by Lady G. Mpa- RAY', Honourable Mr. G. VILLIERS, Genera's EITZ ROY and CARTWRIGHT, and Colonel TAYLOR, rode in the Great Park, Windsor, and returned at twelve o'clock. This day the Duke of YonK completes his 46th year ; and it is ey.pe6led that the QuEEN and the elder Princesses will cline at ()viands with the Dcke and Duchess o► Yotztz, and celebrate the blrth of his Royal Highness. Yesterday afternoon a Cabinet Council was held at the Foreign Otfice, at which were present the LORD CHANCELLOR, Earls CATsIDEN, HARROWLY, WESTMOV.LAND, LIVERFoar.., and BATHUEST ; Lords MULGRAVE, CASTLEREAGH, and LEVI.;ON GOWER; 11.1 r, Secretary CANNING, and thr. CHANCELLOR of the EXCHEQUER. Letters of 2d August, from Cadiz, announce the safe arrival of the Marquis Wk:t.LL6i,.}.:Y in that city. He lancled ahnost at the instant of the receipt of the di6patcl;e4 announcing the victory of Talavera. His was rect.:;:ecl with heart-felt demonstra tions of juy. The hor,ies were taken from his car riage, which was drawn to the house of Mr. Dtqtr, the British Consul, amidst the most grateful acct i- In.AionS, to the honour of the I:srittsli army and na tion, our gracious Sovereign, and Sir iliqnuit WEL LESLEY. 41e Marci'llS WELLEst.Ey went to the Theatre in the evening, where be sat in the Gover nor's hog, and was received with snuilar greetings. The city was illuminated. .11Tajor-General M..,cslverzr.c, who gloriously fell in the battle of Talavera, was a Member of Parlia nlent for the county of Su;herland. We are sorry to say that Sir A. WELLESLEY re ceived a severe contusion in the shoulder frajn a srritt musket-ball. He had,- the good fortune, how ever, to escape two bullets which passed throuzli iris cloaths. Colour! GORDON, whotu .the Gazette E4tra " ortinary mentions iashaving been slain in the ever inek:wrable battle of Talavera, was the brother of the tespectall.: MeruLier tin,- Worcester. He 101 at the head of his regiment, the 63d, whilst bravely lead in it init.) action. The following is an Ab,str.l6l of the Total boss of the respeaiye Regiments (including. Qfficers, Non- Commisreioned Officers, and Privates), in Milled, Wounded, and Missing, in the Battles Of-Talavera : Ventral Statr . 14 tat Batt. 45th - tyl 3d Draoon (;cards - 3 tat Batt. 4gth - 176 4 , 11. Dragoons - 12 -2d Batt. .otlt - 7 1 t4th I. glit Dragoons . i 6 2d Batt. s;cl - 39 inth Light Qragoons - 14 sth Batt. 6.;tlii - 77 23d Light bra t ;oons - 207 Ist Batt. 6 tat - 272 tat Light Drag. Ger. ;4'. 42, 21 Batt. firth - .•isY, Royal British Artillery 34 ad Batt, li3ll - 288 Royal German Artlihiry 34 2d 13'att. 47t12 - 2E3 ROyal Engineers • s - '2 ['Si Batt. 85tli - 14 , > goial star.: Corps - z Ist Batt. 97.1.15 . - i 6 ist Batt. ceidstrearn 7 7 9. T tat Batt. octactirrxrits 374 isi Batt. 3d Guaids ' 322 zd 13att. ditto - 21 3d Foot - ta2 tat 'Line Batt. Ger. Leg. 300 2d Batt. 7th Foot - 65 Ist..: zd Light Batt. ditto 79 2cl Batt. 24th - 355 2cl Line Batt. ditto' - 390 2st Batt. 29th - 156 sth dittrichteo - 3c6 20, Batt. stst - 249 7th ditt o d i tt o - zso tat Bait. 4oth - 5 6 Killed - - Bc,l . Wutinded. - - 3.9 1 3 Nissing - - . 7 i. 3 Total - $, 4z7 The glorious. viaory of Talavera almost renews dr? days of Cressy and Agitwourt. The most pleasing end important result which may be expected from the battles wiii,ch have been fought bet weed the British and French troops in the Spanish Peninsula is, the conviction with which they must inspire the enemy, and every nation in gurope, that those virtues which have procured for us an - undisputed and indisputable predominence by sea, will, when properly and fairly called forth * se-. cure to us a deckled superiority by land, and that our army, couipwed as it is, of the same materials with our navy, does not yield to it either in disci pline, skill, or bravery. This in itself is a great point gained, when we consider what have been . the prevailing. ideas upon this subject among foreigners, and how much both the grandeur and security of every State depends upon public opinion. After what has taken place, it is impossible that the ene my must not respea, ptotoundly respeti„ our na tional chara&er—it is impossible that he shall in fu ture boast of having the best soldiers in Europe,, bow ever confident he may 5.! . i..11,feel in his numbers.. . . . We have, by a veCsel . from Corum.s, some par ticulars of ROSIANA'S army as late as the 2.9 th j , nlr. It was supposed he had befOre that time. entered flip Province of Leon. This not cone& ; not further advanced that the defies of Villa Franca.— His army was in high. spirits,' and daily acCumulat ing ; and it was presumed he Would march ly to Burgos, to intercept the enly in his retreat, to the front:en% ' ivape Rocbefritaiii reproach him with abuses of and revolutionary excesses, which decency Lwnatiity shudder at, yet the English (and I ;law br&n it witnes; to it) give the highest credit to ais caaics snd bravery. From a cabin-boy Hugues became a pilot, and fter a baker at St. Domingo. At the first in surreEtik,n of that.colony he went over to France, and waseleaed a member of the Popular Society, and of the Revolutionary Tribunal, at Rochefort ; got himself to be appointed agent to Guadaloupe; re-took tWat - Island from the English, and, in all the Antilles, acquired the.esteem of the English, and the execra tion of the colonists. The stormy and unsettled times in the inidst of which he lived, have completely revolutionized his spirit, and a life of peace and tran quility is to him a sort of anticipated daaith. His very name was dreaded through the colony; his arrival was looked upon as the corning of a wild beast ; the sounds,of joy gave place to those of ter ror and dismay. , He was so well convinced of the odium which attended him, that wl4en he was ap pninte,..l to the command of Cayenne, be got a letter of recommendation from Jeannett, who succeeded hito z:t Guadaloupe, whtell, on his arrival, lie caused copies to be circulated in every distria. TO CORRESPONDENTS. `.• The ['mut!: Letter from IikITANNICIIS to G. L. WA R. PL4, Eq. shall anvar ".io.morrow. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. FLUSHING, JULY 24.—0 n information seing received that the grand Expedition from Eng land was destined 'against this town and the Island of Walcheren, as well as the other Islands of Zea land in the mouth of the Scheldt, and Antwerp, General MONNWi, who commands in the Island of Walcheren, made the most aaive preparations to resist an hostile attack.—Our garrison was rein forced, new batteries ereaed, and mortars and can non are ready to receive the enemy's ships. ROTTERDAM, AUG. is at last decided where the English Expedition, fitted out with so much expence, whose obje& has been so well ooncealed, and respeaing which so many oonjeaures have been made,' is destined ; it has arrived in the waters of Zealand, 4ntl troops have been landed on some of the islands,' In,consequence of this event, an em bargo has bLn laid on all our ports, which extends even to the fishing vessels. We have receives; no farther intelligence respeet ing the proceedings of the En7,lish. What result their expedition may have remains to be seen. Se veral towns in the Island of Walcheren„ it is said, have surrendered: AIs;STEP,DA:vip 1.--The day before yes terday we received intelligence of ;he landing of a part of the English Expecliton in Zealand. A de tachment'of the Royal Guards, was in consequence marched hence. Their route is by Leyden, for which place the troops of the camp of Overween and the, garrison of Haeriein have ais ) broken up. [e:tioTnsa LETTEtt SAME DATE.] Since Sunday last every thing has been in motion here in consequence of the arrival of the English Expedition on our coast. The fleet which was at Flushing, it is ;aid, has gor,e up the 54 - whit towards Antwerp. The telegraphs are in [notion twice every twenty four hours. Intelligence from Antwerp leaves no doubt respe&ing the plan of the enemy, which ap pears to be to direEt his main force towards Flanders, in order to undertake soniethinz against the fleets and arsenals at Antwerp and Flushing. Tops are marching from ell sides towarjs the west. We understand that before the arrival of the Eng lish, the fleet At Flushing was removed up the Scheldt towards Antwerp. The enemy has already appeared at I-lelvoetsluys and the Brill. It is hoped that they will not enter the Maes. The most per feet tranquility and order prevails here. As yet our Royal Coqra . nt has said nothing re, spelling the english fleet and the Mate of t.lle. Island of Walcheren. On the 29th of July the American armed schoon- Entcrpr4e, commanded by Lieut. J. IItWE, arrived in the Texel from New York. Several more American shies are expeaed in-our harbours. HAGUE, AUG. I.—The following Royal Pecree has been issued under the date of the 29th ult. We, I,,utns.NAPOL4ON, &c. have reselved, and hereby decree— " Our .Decree of the 30. th of June, respe&ing the permission to American ships to enter and load in the ports of our kingdom, is repealed, and every thing is replaced on the former footing, so that the per mission can extend to no ships except to those which have complied with the conditions of our former decrees." P:?.TERSBURGH, Majesty the Em peror, who went to Burgo, in Finland, to be pre sent, and to close the Diet assembled there, is ex peeted back by the commencement of the next week. The Euglilh squadron constantly cruizes.ll,etween Cronstadt and Reset, in the Gulph of Finland, with out attempting any enterprise, except the capturing of some fishing and. coasting vessels. The Government has prohibited the •,sailing of Russian merchantmen from Cronstadt, lest they should fall into the hands of the English. Some of the neutral ships arrived here have al rqady been put under sequestration, in consequence of irregularities discovered in their papers. Roma, Jot.): 19.—The Roman States are lo be divided into departments, over each of which a Pre fea was placed. , WRIESTE, JULY 10.—On the 6th, 7th, and Bth, a corps of Austrian troops and some armed pea sants occupied the heights round this town, and threatened to enter it. They were, however, driven back with loss. At the sate: time an English frigate approached the batteries, to, support the attack of the Austrians; but the wind failing, she was so handled by our bat teries that she was compelled to employ, her boats to tow her out. On this occasion the Officers of the Aussiaq squadron directed the batteries. The district ot. Santa Croie has , been subjeEled to military execution, in consequence of three French men having been, arrested there and delivered up to the enemy. " PARIS, JULY 27.—1 f every thing did not give us hopes of a speedy peace, and if the war is to be renewed, Austria would see all her resources confined to the population of Bohemia, whii,,t the Emperor NANLEON, independently of the inexhaustible resources of his inttnente territories, would find even in the heart of Austt:-,1 weans so much the more calculated to complete her ruin, as al l the insurreaions will have been completely put down during the Armistice."—Journal de Paris. - " FRANKFORT, JULY 28.—The armies are in pre sence of each other, but they are taking repose, and we hope that it will lead to a solid and durable peace. " Baron d'Asrße is dead of his wounds." The brave Tyrolians continue to fight with cone stancy and courage—Would we could add that their resistance vas likely to be effedual WEST I DIES. BAUBADOES, JULY I.—The two 'French frigates Felicite and Furietse, part of Coultnado':e TROLYDE'S squadron, which not long since so interested, the public attention by the hope of their capture or de strutlion in the Saints, after quitting Basseterre, Guadaloupe, on the night of the 14th uit. put into St. Martin's. Accounts to this effeet are received here frcro. Dominica, where the Achates stoop of war arrivel on the u4th ult. in .quest . of Sir A. COCHRANE, to give him the intelligence. It appears that the Furkusg having sprung a leak caused them to put , in there, and was discharging her cargo (both are laden with colonial produce), in order to repair it, • They - were watched by two of our sloops of war ; and in the mean time the Rear-Adtnirat hav ing arrived at Mariegalante, the 4ch2ec:: proceeded thither with the information. JULY 4.—The British frigate former l y mentioned to have been ashore off Mariegalante, and sup posed to be the Civil - F., proves to have beea tho Thetis, and was fortunately gpt off after starting water and taking her after guns out, with the loss of her false keel, and some injury to her bottopl. Stic arrived here on Sunday, and sailed yesterday fur Ha-• lifax, and takes the trade bound the from the Islands as she procceog. The two French frigates Felicile and Fzfrieusg were not at St. Martin's on Sunday, the 25th nit* --So say the Marine Intelligence Book of rock's Insurance Qiitce, on the authority of accounts by the schooner Spy, arrived here from St. Kitt's (where she heard it) and Martinique. Vague 4 6 this account may appear, we see no reason at pre" sent to 144 it. The following letter wa3 received by Sir Joir-!f DOXLE, GovernOr of Guernsey, irom Mr. ARCA'. DeaciN, British Vic-Consul at Cadiz ' ot'FiclAL. CADIZ, AUG. `?.--Accounts have been received from General Cuesta, of a sign.ll victory, gained by thr. Combined British and Spanish Artnies, in the neighbourhood of Belches, between the 27th ancl 29th ult. against the French army under Victo6 which they completely rented, with a tremendous loss. Ours is estimated at 2000, and the Spaniards have also lost many, but all have covered thetuselyg* with immortal glory." NOT OF.IICIAL, BUT LIKELY. " Letters . from Seville, of yesterday's date, say, that Vic.. - ox has surrendered with 18,000 men, a nd that the Spanish army under General VP.NEGAS has entered Madrid. It is also said that the Supreme. Junta have conferred the rink of captain-General in the Spanish Army to Sir A. \VELLESLE'(, and the Grand Cross of CIWILES 111. to CUESTA. (Signed) "A. AHCLIDEk;IN, Vice consul.". Extract of a Letter from an Officer in General CRAW:I;4IA Brigade : " Talavera de Reyna, July 30, 0309. " I proMised you I would write when I reached the army. We yesterday joined it, immediately after the most severe battle that is to be found in the BritiSlk annals. Had our brigade (3900) joined in Sufficient time, the viaory would have been more complete; but it was not so ordained. - We march ed 13 leagues in 28 hours. I have this moment re turned from the scene of battle—,horrid would be the description, had I words to express it : I have been five hours reviewing it. The town is filled with the wounded, manv,of whose wounds have n ot yet been dressed. I have been speaking to some wounded French, whom I found in the woods, where we now form the advanced guard. They say the. French army were 50,000. Against this force has the gallant Sir ARTHUR defenckd his pot and driven the enemy from the at t2ck. The French are two leagues from us ; we can plainly discern them : some have retired. We only wait fur three brigades, to replenish the skeleton regiments, to pursue them. In us is now the la.e of Spain—the task is great; but, by the assistance of the Almighty , ju,tice may outweigh number:, and crown our ay e tempt with success. General S EBASTIANI i s d e ad of his wounds. With us; the loss of Officers surpasses any thing before heard of : three General, Colo' nels, Majors, &c. it is impossible for us to tell; Sit ARTHUR will best explain in his dispatches. The battle of Talavera will ever be the boast of England, though dearly she may pay for the honour. lence will drive us hence shortly ; the dead are pi" trid ; they are so numerous, we have not beer, able to bury them. The French have this moment see on fire a town, where they were this morning at twelve o'clock." The following officers have been promoted for their distinguished services in Basque Roads :—Cap' twin NEWCOMBE, of the Beagle Capt. JOYCE, ° 1 the RedpOle ; Capt. GO DFREY , o f th e "Etna ; an d Capt. CAULFfELD, of the Thunder, are erotuoted t° be Post Captains. —Lieutenants HOCKINGS., TON, CARPENTER (of the Caledonia). LEXANDO4 NIXON, VVET, and COKESLEY, ar • promoted 10 Confrrianders. Mr. SII,ARSHOTT,.sign.I mate of 6111 Caledonia, is promoted to a Lieutenant.